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A man who burned a teen girl to force her into sex work has been sentenced…
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – Richard Jordan Sandoval, 24, burned the girl with a blow torch to her leg to force her into sex work for his benefit. He was sentenced to 6 years. The young woman was in a romantic relationship with Sandoval in July when he assaulted her. When she tried to run away, he followed her in a vehicle and threatened to hurt her if she didn’t get in his car…then he assaulted her again.
Hatred and cruelty are increasingly being spewed towards migrants in the UK, but the truth is, the country cannot function without them. More than one in five NHS staff are migrants. The same is true across social care. And in London, migrants make up nearly half the workforce. Yet instead of being valued, migrant care workers are being scapegoated by politicians. The most recent attack on the rights and protections for migrant workers is by the
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